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Re: John Cowan and Scott Horne on Brithenig
- To: Padraic Brown <pbrown@nova.umuc.edu>
- Subject: Re: John Cowan and Scott Horne on Brithenig
- From: andrew <hobbit@mail.earthlight.co.nz>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:26:25 +1200 (NZST)
- cc: John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org>, "Raymond A. Brown" <raybrown@clara.co.uk>, Andrew Smith <hobbit@earthlight.co.nz>, Peter Skye <may.hawk@mindspring.com>, John Schilke <schilkej@ohsu.edu>, Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@vcn.bc.ca>, Celticonlang List <celticonlang@lists.colorado.edu>, Sally Caves <scaves@frontiernet.net>, Douglas Mosier <siringa@juno.com>, Martin Bertagnon <bertagnon@datamarkets.com.ar>
- In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990721191823.22078B-100000@nova.umuc.edu>
On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Padraic Brown wrote:
> I tried responding earlier, but the system acted strangely when I tried to
> send. If some of you get this more or less twice, please be
> understanding.
>
It got through, but I'll reply to this message.
> I am under the impression that agur is descended from "ad hora(m)", rather
> like Spanish's ahora. I'm not sure exactly _how_ the g gets there, but is
> probably rather a complex situation. Like the -n on Rhufeinn, La
> Mistarista strikes again!
>
hac hora(m) rather than ad hora(m) as I have posted. Compare with addyn
'at once'.
- andrew.
--
Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz
Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored;
Light dies before thy uncreating word:
Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall;
And Universal Darkness buries All.
- Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Book IV.